Potter and Potter Auctions: Puzzles, Games, & Playing Cards, 21926, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 19, 2026 - February 19, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 210 | Dans Les Airs: Jeu de Societe |
Paris | late 19th century | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,250.00 | |
| 211 | The Mysterious Planchette |
British | early 20th century | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 375.00 | |
| 212 | Group of 10 vintage aviation-themed games and a set of premium model planes |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 187.50 | ||
| 213 | Group of 7 travel-themed vintage and antique games |
N/A | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 750.00 | ||
| 214 | Group of 7 games and toys based on Platinum and Golden Age comic characters |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 250.00 | ||
| 215 | Group of 3 antique games |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 | ||
| 216 | Group of 3 fingerprinting / detective games |
(New York) | N/A | USD 50.00 - 150.00 | USD 87.50 | |
| 217 | Group of 4 antique games |
N/A | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 187.50 | ||
| 218 | Group of 9 antique and vintage military games |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 468.75 | ||
| 219 | Group of 28 boxed antique and vintage tabletop games |
American | ca. late 19th/early 20th century | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 500.00 | |
| 220 | Group of 5 vintage shooting gallery / target games |
N/A | USD 125.00 - 225.00 | USD 187.50 | ||
| 222 | Group of 5 McLoughlin Bros. games, and one lid. |
N/A | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 687.50 | ||
| 223 | Group of 4 antique games |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 | ||
| 224 | Group of 17 framed antique and vintage games and puzzles |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 312.50 | ||
| 231 | CARTER, Charles | Carter the Great. Carter Beats the Devil |
Cleveland | ca. 1930 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 281.25 |
| 232 | BOUCHERAT, A. | Billiards de Champions T.E.C. |
Lyon | 1934 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 233 | Collection of Gambling Ephemera |
1880s--1990s | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 375.00 | ||
| 234 | [CHEATING]. Group of 12 vintage decks of marked and gaffed playing cards |
Circa early to mid-20th century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,062.50 | ||
| 235 | Collection of Bone and Chinese Mother of Pearl Gaming Chips |
Circa 19th/20th century | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 125.00 | ||
| 236 | Five Playing Card-Theme Punchboards |
Circa 1930s--40s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 237 | Punchboard Collection |
Early 20th century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 238 | Collection of Over 100 Gambling-Related Film Stills |
Hollywood | ca. 1945--1980 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 406.25 | |
| 239 | All Jacks Cigarettes / Hard to Beat |
1930s | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 281.25 | ||
| 241 | [GAMBLING]. Three tintypes |
Circa 1860-1880s | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 187.50 | ||
| 242 | [GAMBLING & GAMES]. Group of 20 Stereoviews |
V.p. | ca. 1870s- early 1900s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 125.00 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.